Hager v. Hanover Fire Ins.

RIDGE, District Judge.

In the case of Home Insurance Company et al. v. Trotter et al., previously tried in this Court, four insurance companies joined as plaintiffs in a declaratory judgment action. By the prayer of the petition said companies prayed for a declaration of rights under separate insurance contracts issued by them to the Trotters. “The petition [in that action] exhibits the distinctive characteristics of a suit for declaratory judgment.” Home Insurance Company et al. v. Trotter et al., 8 Cir., 130 F.2d 800, 803. Two of the policies involved in said action were for face value of…